Hello, > 2. We would like to be able to administer ACL's through rules stored > in a external database (SQL). Also, this would pair an IP with > specific settings for a specific client, i.e. 10.0.0.122 is allowed > to do this, but not that. Also, if client 10.0.0.122 requests a > "forbidden" HTTP-resource its request should be redirected to a local > page. Basically, these settings should be customisable for all users > so they can acknowledge a forbidden resource, absorb the information > on the local page (the target of the redirect) and then choose to > continue on to their (forbidden) destination or not. > > For the second point, I'm assuming this would require us to contract > a developer to make the necessary alterations the Squid's source > code, so I'm also curious as to your experiences (if any) with known > companies offering to do customisations on Squid. i think this project is not _exactly_ for you, but may be you will find some help - example you can use the source. here is the link: http://people.arxnet.hu/airween/mysql_ip_user/ this is not an official release, i made it a few months ago for a Squid user, who needs it. if you interest this, contact me trough mail what's on that site. may be i can help you. BTW: this project and an another (http://people.arxnet.hu/airween/mysql_auth/) will be my thesis on university, in Hungary. if anybody uses mysql_auth, please drop me an email about experiences, eg: OS, hardware, number of user, request per day, etc... thanks: a.
